[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2043]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING REV. ROBERT L. MILLER

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 23, 2016

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
God-fearing and impressionistic man Rev. Robert L. Miller. Rev. Miller 
has shown what can be done through tenacity, dedication and a desire to 
serve God.
  Rev. Miller has done many things throughout his life, but inside he 
has always been a preacher. At 89 years old, he can't see himself ever 
hanging it up because it's his calling. Some of the members of the 
church have said their church will close its doors if he leaves.
  He is currently serving five churches on a rotation schedule where he 
will do two services a Sunday except one Sunday a month, he only does 
one service.
  Forty years ago in July is when he first took the pulpit at New Mount 
Zion M. B. Church. Eleven years later in June 1986, he began serving 
his fifth church, Locust Grove M. B. Church.
  He also preached at Providence M. B. Church from 1971 until 1986. He 
has served as vice moderator of the Sharkey County Baptist Association 
and is currently the moderator of the Warren County Baptist 
Association.
  He was ordained in December 1968 and started serving his first church 
just weeks later.
  The profession is so much a part of his soul; oftentimes he slides 
into preacher mode mid-conversation. The only job Rev. Miller has ever 
had besides being a preacher was a letter carrier for 25 years.
  At 18, Miller was drafted and left high school to join World War II. 
He spent time in France, England, Belgium and Germany as a medic. Once 
the war was over, he returned to Vicksburg to finish his high school 
degree at Bowman High School.
  Rev. Miller married two years later and had eight children with his 
wife of almost 30 years. She passed away in 1979. He was remarried in 
August 2013 to Elease Fisher Miller.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Rev. 
Robert L. Miller for 40 years of service to New Mount Zion M. B. 
Church.

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